Racism row | Employee accuses boss of treating her like an 'angry black woman'

Employee accuses boss of treating her like an 'angry black woman'

A UK employee claimed in a tribunal that her boss treated her like an “angry black woman’ and that she was unfairly dismissed.

Louise Lewis, the claimant, alleges that her manager Andrew Fell used ‘racial connotations’ to identify her as being aggressive after she accused him of bullying and harassment, and that he told her he “could do what he wanted” because he was in charge, an allegation he denies.

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